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China games sector on quest to innovate
More than 2m young Chinese at any moment can be found swinging swords, brandishing deadly claws and aiming machine guns at their enemies. As Berserkers, SoulBringers or Asuras, they delve into the virtual world of Dungeon & Fighter, currently China’s most popular online game. Some 64 per cent of China’s internet users – a staggering 217m people – are online gamers. CNZZ, a Beijing-based internet research firm, forecasts the country will account for half of the world’s online games market with Rmb41bn ($6bn) in revenues by 2012. But even with such explosive growth, it is becoming increasingly hard for game operators to grab their piece of the action. Shanda Games, one of China’s leading online gaming companies, made its name by producing so-called massively multiplayer online role-playing games such as The Legend of Mir and Warlord of the Three Kingdoms – but it says the market has become much tougher in recent years. “When you have only 10 games in the market – like when this started in China a decade ago – choosing games is a bit like choosing washing powder for users; every game still stands a chance,” says Diana Li, chief executive of Shanda Games. “But now there are more than 200 games entering the Chinese market every year, so consumers don’t even have the time to take a look at all of them, let alone [to] download them. [So] a growing number of games will never gain traction.” That is a troubling prospect for an industry with already lower valuations than other internet businesses because investors discount the risk that the next game could be a flop. Almost half of China’s 70m users of large online games have been playing for more than three years, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a government research institution, said in its annual survey of the industry last week. “They listen less to what gaming companies say – and more to what their peers say about a game,” says Liu Xin, a senior analyst at CNNIC. To meet these challenges, two important Chinese internet companies – Sohu and Shanda Interactive – took their games units public this year. Others try to keep up by churning out more games more quickly. “Foreign gaming companies can take up to six years to develop a game, but some Chinese companies will spend two years at most. Some will spend no more than half a year,” says Mr Liu. That has meant a vicious circle with more competition and less innovation, he adds. Executives are aware of the problem and are trying to break the pattern by seeking fresh talent outside their own company. Some firms – including Shanda and Giant Interactive – have started to invest in freelance game design teams. Others are trying to spread technical and planning skills more broadly among their development staff and to tap game players for ideas. Netdragon, a mid-size gaming company, has formed a “mercenary system” by which any user can propose ideas online that could become the seed for a fresh game. “We also realised that certain knowledge of how to plan a new game was locked up in the brains of just a few people,” says Liu Luyuan, Netdragon’s chief executive. “We are getting it out of there, enabling more people [to help develop] products.” But analysts say Chinese online games companies may need to adjust their business models beyond efforts to tweak their game development structures. “One main difference between Chinese and US gaming companies is their monetisation model. In the US, most gamers pay upfront by buying a CD,” says Alicia Yap, analyst at Citigroup. “In China, revenues are generated mainly by paying for in-game virtual items or for playing time.” Most gaming companies have concluded that to spread the risk is best. Perfect World has set up a game-related e-commerce website. Shanda Interactive also has an online literature arm, and has started to diversify into other digital content by tying up with a television company. Kingsoft is considering similar action. One company need not think about any of this: Tencent, operator of Dungeon & Fighterand three other games ranked among the top five last month by Credit Suisse in a league table of China’s most popular online games. Unlike its rivals, Tencent relies on an immense user base built by its instant messaging service, QQ, which now has nearly 500m active accounts.
Minister vows to abolish military conscription
By Joseph Yeh Taiwan's Defense Minister yesterday pledged that he will continue to push to abolish compulsory military service and replace it with a voluntary system even though he admitted that the nation may have difficulty in affording the project. "The goal of moving into a full-scale voluntary system was first launched in 1995 and we still believe that we can achieve the goal in the year 2015," said Minister of National Defense Kao Hua-chu yesterday during a legislative session. However, the global economic downturn has shrunk the national budget, and the country is suffering from financial difficulties, he said. If the nation collects more taxes in the coming years, then the goal to achieve full-scale voluntary system will be on schedule, he noted. Currently the conscripts in Taiwan have to serve compulsory military service for about a year. In the future they will only have to undergo four months of basic military training, according to the ministry's proposal. The minimum salary on offer to soldiers will be no less than twice the basic wage protected by the Labor Standards Law, which is around NT$35,000 per month, according to the proposal. The sum is far more than the current salary paid to conscripts, which is the why the nation is facing difficulty in finding money to support the full-scale mercenary system. Also, the total number of Taiwan's soldiers will be cut from 240,000 today to around 210,000 in the future, Kao noted. With the budget shortage, the ministry recruited only around 86% of all required soldiers. In responding to a question proposed by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tsai Huang liang, who pointed out that the ruling administration has failed to keep its promise by setting up military budgets at less than 3 percent of the nation's gross domestic product, Kao again blamed the global economic downturn. "We will continue to push the government to spend more money on military budget," he added. During yesterday's legislative session, Kao also noted that China's People's Liberation Army is till a major threat to Taiwan even though the relationship between the sides is warming. China's military budget in 2010 has seen a 7.5% growth in comparison with that of the previous year, Kao noted. Kao said his ministry will continue to build up stronger military capability to defend Taiwan in the face of China's growing military prowess.
How to recruit the recruitment system of ancient times in ancient China
One of the dynasties of prosperity, great hero is a national army. The army is strong, the country will be strong, then in the ancient times, the ancient how to recruit the following China's history of the small series of the ancient Chinese in various periods of the recruitment system. 1, Shang and Zhou Dynasties and Jiashi conscription system In our country, there is a recruitment system in the business and the week. At that time, the members of each tribe during the war, there is a duty to fight the army. The army is the core of royal and noble children, namely "three family" and "multi family". The backbone force is composed of civilians. When war chariots, each car is driving, to take the bow and stem, Ge combat personnel three. Commonly known as the "three". On both sides of each tank with the car, with the infantry (soldiers) dozens of slaves to act as. They are both combatants, and is to serve the slave dickinson. 2, the Warring States period, the standing army and the standing army appraisal system During the Warring States period, countries have political reform, feudal economy gradually occupy the dominant position, began to established the system of prefectures and counties, the military service system also occurred in the new changes. Was the establishment of a standing army system. The standing army is the backbone of the army, they are to be put through the examination and. Very strict selection. To Wei country, for example: selection of Wuzu requirements participate in the examination of people choose to wear the "three a", take a piece of to hundreds of pounds of force to pull the overbowed with fifty arrows quiver, carrying the, wearing steel helmets, waist sword, with three days of food, within half a day, walk 100 miles. Whatever the chosen one, exempt from taxes and corvee family. 3, the Qin and Han Dynasties of the recruitment system Qin unified China, there has been a national scale recruitment system. The draft to counties as a unit, there is a strong operational gaugrafen levy County power. The farmers are the main productive forces, it is also a major source of troops. The Qin Dynasty military service and labor is very heavy: at that time around the country, there are more than 20 million population, and is often levy service, servitude has two, three million people. Han Qin system, the province shall not equal, the man is twenty years old in the official registration. And according to the principle of three years of one year of storage, from the age of twenty-three years of formal service until fifty-six years old. In the age period, in addition to the annual training in military service to be taken two times per person in life, every year. Once in place, "is he"; once in the border or the capital, called "Shuzu" or "guards". During the reign of Emperor Han Wudi, recruited familiar with northern minority people "Hu ride", recruited familiar South more things composition "the ride". 4, Three Kingdoms era of the world soldiers system The late Eastern Han Dynasty, the warlords, the castle stands in great numbers, a large number of farmers to the tyrannical warlords occupied and become attached to their tunes (close to the slave's private army). Many young men became landlord soldiers, the national conscription system was severely damaged. During the Three Kingdoms period, the "world soldiers" system". "Soldiers" is the father and son generation for the soldiers. This is not a hukou County, and from the military government management, known as the "Scholar", "military". Their social status is low, only to get free to obtain the identity of the civilian population. The evolution of body 5, soldiers system: the Northern Wei Dynasty of the Sui and Tang Dynasty soldier system The late Northern Dynasties and Northern and Southern Dynasties, the emergence of the "soldier system". Western Wei Dynasty word Thai in Datong nine years (AD 543 years), extensive recruitment around the Han landlords army, through their affiliation, bringing a large number of troops, tunes such as private armies. The Western Wei Dynasty regime according to them with the army Zhonggua, awarded the title of various. The local separatist private armed central approach not only enhances the military court, the Xianbei tribe soldier and the Han feudal military system gradually with, created and set up the "Fubing". Western Wei Dynasty, Fubing led by six column the generals, each column consists of two generals, a general of the army and two Khai generals, a total of 24 forces. At that time the soldier with the people who do not belong to the jurisdiction, separately, they just fight, do not burden other taxes. Fubing to Sui Dynasty has changed a lot. In the name of Fu Jianwei palace, with General Sir jianwei. The sergeant started into the household registration, engaged in the production. Suiti, the soldier from folk Ritchie, man twenty-one years of age to participate in government. The twelve who led by government. In three years (AD 607 years) to the general government for "Ying Yang Fu jianwei. The executive will Yingyang Lang. Soldiers said the guardian". Wei Fu system perfect, the centralization of power in the military system has been strengthened. The total of six hundred and thirty-four house, by twelve health and East six rate of lead. A Sui Ying Yang Fu for Zhechongfu, each soldier to compromise under the jurisdiction of Wei palace. And in the design of a prescribed palace where people have the obligation to charge ". Age is twenty to sixty years old. Enlisted as Fubing, daily farming, slack coach, levy owned weapons and food service. This is actually a military service system. Card transfer service, regular guard or the border; wartime battle, war is completed, namely "soldiers scattered in the house, will be at". 6, in the late Tang and song of the mercenary system The Mid Tang Dynasty, due to the heavy burden of a large number of soldiers fled, Zhechongfu only, Fubing was severely damaged. In order to recruitment, take the way of recruiting. Xuanzong Kaiyuan eleven years (AD 723) recruited escape, PU, the same, discrimination, China, Beijing trillion mansion and commoner as Su Wei, known as "long from Su Wei", to replace the Fubing regularly turns Su Wei of the old system. Kaiyuan twenty-five years (AD 727) ordered recruitment of long in the frontier army anti athletes armies town and its doorstep may go with, the field house. Later formed by the side of the army, by the town of control. It has experienced more than and 200 years of basic end "system. The Song Dynasty is the main mercenary soldier system. At that time there are four different forces -- army, soldiers, soldiers and militia car fan. Is the emperor's personal bodyguard, stationed in the capital, and a regular army is the Northern Song dynasty. It comes from the recruitment of soldiers from the army, and strong militia in the car. Van is the state to raise the local army, not to carry out military training, so it can not fight, only to local government service pro. Fanbing Army recruit the minority in transit, as the garrison troops. To recruit troops, besides, there are also local time, after training as a local defense forces. 7, yuan of tribal soldiers The Yuan Dynasty in the national regime, the implementation of tribal military system. The tribal man over fifteen years old, seventy years old the following all the soldiers dismounted attack livestock, horse. The establishment and later annexed its native tribes to establish the "Mongolia army" of the "Red Army spies" as the main force. After entering the Central Plains, deployed over the age of twenty young men, "Han Han established" as the local army garrison. 8, Ming's guardian system The Ming Dynasty implements the system of "Wei"". The military organization has a guardian, the two level. A government office, several government office. Who set command, the five thousand and six hundred hundred soldiers. Under the guardian there are thousands of households (one thousand soldiers), thousands of households under the hundred (one hundred soldiers). The soldiers with the army, for the Army garrison or hereditary, peacetime garrison. In the case of a war, the imperial court will be led to the adjustment of self defense, the soldiers fought. Who was somewhat like a military system, similar with the Tang Dynasty fubing. 9, the tribal military system: vexillary system The implementation of "vexillary system". The war at the beginning, to tribal units "flag, flag is the unity of the military organization, people usually flag for the people, for the soldiers in wartime. Therefore, vexillary system is a tribal military system. Ad 1615, Nurhachu will be full, Mongolian, Han forces compiled eight banners, respectively is yellow, since, Zhenghong, Zhenglan, enchase, edged with white, red, edged with blue eight color flag marking. This is the origin of the "Eight Banners in the. Qing Dynasty after the reunification of the country, and from the Han based "green flag army" (the green flag as a symbol, known as the "green army"). When the soldiers or, when reach up to about six hundred thousand people.
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1 The China Region Mercenary system has been released, from now on players can go to the Mercenary Registration in large cities to register a Mercenary Group.
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